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There Was A Caveman cover art

There Was A Caveman

Nauris Amatnieks · 2015-10-08

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 08, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

There Was A Caveman is a prehistoric themed, retro styled, action platformer. With challenging gameplay that will keep you on your toes. Get ready to die and die a lot.

There Was A Caveman is an Indie game released in 2015, priced at $6.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 176 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
71%
positive of 176 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 150% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.4k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 176 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2019-06-25) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020152026Week of 2015-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.692015-10-082026-07-092015-10-08 — best price $6.292015-12-22 — best price $2.792016-02-05 — best price $2.792016-05-16 — best price $3.492016-08-15 — best price $3.492016-12-22 — best price $1.742017-03-27 — best price $2.792017-06-22 — best price $2.092017-10-26 — best price $4.192017-12-21 — best price $1.392018-02-15 — best price $3.492018-06-22 — best price $1.392018-10-15 — best price $2.092018-11-21 — best price $2.092019-02-04 — best price $2.092019-05-13 — best price $1.392019-10-28 — best price $2.092019-12-19 — best price $0.692020-03-23 — best price $2.792020-05-12 — best price $5.132020-07-09 — best price $6.992021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-05-03 — best price $6.992021-11-01 — best price $6.992022-01-05 — best price $6.992022-07-07 — best price $6.992023-01-05 — best price $6.992023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-06-17 — best price $6.992024-08-19 — best price $6.992024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-10-19 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
21.2%
earned "Got over her!"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieRetroShortActionColorfulAdventureDifficultDinosaursController

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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